THE MAGAZINE
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019
Editor’s letter
Gregory Cerio
Critical thinking / Difficult issues
A remarkable survival: A Henry David Thoreau poem on leaves
Glenn Adamson
Current and coming
Southern craft of the 19th century at the High Museum, J. R. R. Tolkien at the Morgan, John Sloan’s rooftop views, and more
Talking antiques
Exhibitors highlight their favorite offerings at the Winter Show
Dealer profile
An interview with Skinner Auctioneers’ militaria specialist Joel Bohy
Nicole Anderson
Farther afield
Wes Anderson’s Spitzmaus Mummy exhibition in Vienna
Katherine Lanza
Museum visit
In this new section, curators offer insight into their ongoing research projects
Alexandra Kirtley
Taking inventory
A Q+A with Nantucket Historical Association curator Michael Harrison
On books
A new book about Frederic Church’s Olana; re-examining art deco marvels from the City of Big Shoulders; and notable museum catalogues and other books from the past year
New light
Some Henrietta Johnston pastels reconsidered
Stuart P. Feld
Events
Anna Talley
Endnotes
Toasting a Master
Eleanor H. Gustafson
Features
Painting the New Parisians
James Gardner
Rethreading Her Needle
Ashley Callahan
Beautiful Desuetude
Alan Gray Neumann with photography by Anthony D’Argenzio of Zio and Sons
The Other O’Keeffe
Sue Canterbury
Starting a Conversation
Jeremiah William McCarthy and Diana Thompson
Spreading Its Wing
Elizabeth Pochoda
Star Power
Gaylord Torrence